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Thiruvananthapuram: The food safety department has banned 74 brands of coconut oil after they were found to be adulterated. Nearly half of the banned brands have used the name of Kera, a product of government-owned KeraFed. All these products were banned.Food safety officials said that they were planning to take strict action against repeated violators. Sreekrishnapuram-based ABH Trading Company sold Malabar Rich, SGS Kera Day and SGS Kera Soubhagya. Food safety commissioner Anand Singh issued the order after tests proved that the collected samples were of sub-standard quality.Earlier in May, the department had banned 45 brands of coconut oil and 51 brands in June..